David Johnson Quotations

We are poised for breaking away from our competitors in the food industry, ... This strategic growth plan is designed to vault our company into the ranks of the world's renowned consumer goods companies, in terms of financial profile and market multiple.

We fancied him for the Gold Cup, and he looked a million dollars for it.

When I was a little boy, 40-plus years ago, I remember listening to the Palmetto State Quartet on my radio. Of course, none of them singing now are the same men I heard then.

What we hope to do here is capitalize on LOOPs development and operation.

(There are) more outlets to acting now than just the Joan C. Edwards playhouse.

There are a lot of rumors out there.

We have so many great candidates. Our biggest surprise has been that our inductees who have accomplished so much are just as honored as we are to have been chosen.

We need to monitor this drought situation very closely.

Letting it spiral out of control is a public-relations nightmare. They should have done damage control. For an administration known for its rapid responses and e-mails, this one looks like they were tone deaf.

Shark fishing is not like tuna fishing. Your chances of catching one are good.

She can't hide and expect this to go away. It looks like her campaign is circling the wagons.

She has not given people a strong reason to vote for her.

She needs to overcome the negative image planted in everyone's mind during the 2000 election.

Most people are savvy enough in this day and age that they know they have to investigate a product before they buy, People are more suspicious of the media today than they've ever been.

None of these candidates really seems to be energizing anyone.

Right now, I don't think anybody with any credibility would touch her. I'm not sure what she can do.

Nobody really knows how to play this out.

Celestial Gold will have to find a few pounds to be in with a real shout but he does act on the course, which is a big help.

God blessed me with the talent to play ball, but you can't do anything without the grades.

What I like about this is, we think back, but it gives us a fresh approach. It brings it out in a new way. It's given me a fresh approach.

Her problem is that people seem to have formed their opinions and they're not changing their opinion. She's not reintroducing herself to Florida voters.

He's got to bottom out at some point.

I would suggest there's some sloppiness here. Neither mere negligence or gross negligence will suffice.

Katherine's going down fast. He was probably feeling the campaign was not going in the direction that it needed to go.

I think it is from playing point guard in basketball. You have to have good vision. As a point guard, you are always looking for the open man.

I think the new chief of staff is going to change the way the White House is run and policies are promoted, and I think we are going to see a major public-relations offensive as a result, with the economy being touted a lot more than it has been.

I thought they were actually going to get away with what they were doing.

I thought she was driving off and had missed our stop. I went down immediately and slammed the brake hard (with my hand).

I think the more people know about it the better. I think the problem is societal, in that you have a generation that grew up with computers. What's happening over time is people get so comfortable with computers and are accepting of software piracy, we see the same thing with plagiarism. It is so easy that they don't see a click of a mouse being a crime, but it is stealing.

Just about everything, if you want a candid answer.

President Bush, up until last year, retained strong Republican support and was viewed as the ideological heir to Ronald Reagan. Since last summer, that support has steadily eroded ... Indeed many Republicans appear to be looking beyond the Bush administration and do not identify themselves as Bush Republicans but rather as Reagan Republicans.

Mark and I grew up together. We used to fake fight all time. Here we are at 52, still doing it.

That's the plot of the movie. The dogs' struggle for survival, without people, after they are stranded. Also, instead of 13 dogs being left, only eight get left behind in the movie.

I would hit him on it, too. It's definitely fair game.

You are a proud bunch of aviators flying a proud bird. I'm glad we are keeping it pointed in the right direction together.

We have an assortment of bad guys who are going to be mixing with the audience. They're all local businessmen and members of the Rough Riders.

We came out flat with no intensity, and Barton took advantage of it early. They pressured us, and when they went to their bench they kept the pressure up throughout the game. We just didn't respond.

We shouldn't be doing that. We should be on our own system. But what can you do? The wells got salt in them.

This will be a lot from the '60s, with a little from the late '50s and early '70s. It will have the Motown sound, the British invasion.

We had $20,000 in this year's budget and we had to increase that to $40,000 for the next budget. If it's approved, we'll be building it this fall.

When someone comes to an area to film, there are lots of little jobs that need to be filled in.

Every time she missteps, she hurts herself more. Katherine Harris is letting herself become the issue.

We think it's perfectly clear that this is a tax.

We feel that as long as Amtrak is able to keep the increases in control, passengers will be OK with it. We never like to see an increase, but it seems reasonable.

Even though Campbell remains the clear market leader in soup, these results are unacceptable.

As the kids leave the household and you've got that older consumer, there are a lot of needs that we see.

Different colors make it easy for people to keep the dogs straight. They wanted a red husky, but there aren't very many red ones around, and the ones they did find didn't work.

I see us on the threshold of a great economic boom in most of our markets. I see our balance sheet growing. I see viable loans grow. I see customers who have taken it on the chin get right back up and are going to work.

It wouldn't surprise me. There's a lot of animosity toward Louisville anyway.

(The run) gave us confidence. We showed them a lot of different looks. We showed them different defenses.

It would be more rooted in my body.

It would be at the end of a long list of other priorities, in my view.

School is grade-motivated: You're looking for the A. This is personally motivated: How you can improve yourself.

Once the news frenzy passes, people will begin to think of Bob as his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather - the perfect embodiment of a public servant.

Dead even. You can't get much closer than that.

As pastor of the church, I'll bring him out from time to time.

This is a way to poke fun that doesn't turn off voters. In 2006, when so many people are taping everything on TV and skipping commercials, this is a way to engage people.

This is going to be more and more a common practice.

This is not an end-all motion. This gives (the Negaunee Commission on Aging) the council's support to continue their endeavor. Whatever they come up with, they still have to come back to the council for approval prior to proceeding.

This is spinning out of control. I think she's going to have to drop out, no matter how defiant she is now.

This may well be one of the most active Atlantic hurricane seasons on record.

There just seems to be an extreme amount of talent in Alabama in general. I really don't have a good explanation for it, but it really is amazing the talent that's come out of Alabama in the last 100 years.

At halftime, I told myself to attack the basket, just attack the basket. That's what I did in the second half.

It was intense in here tonight. It's an amazing feeling to be undefeated. I've never been on a team that's had a season like this.

It's a great feeling to be in this situation. At first, coming over here, it was hard for me and my cousin James. I mean it was a big transformation for us. But we managed to put everything behind us and just roll.

It's not like they're just getting slapped. These girls are getting violently abused.

It's going to get worse. Nobody is going to want to give her money.

It's been pretty decent all week. And I'm expecting to be slammed, with the weather like it is today.

The biggest thing is that we've worked so hard together. It's important to be able to work with other people toward a common goal.

The biggest overarching trend is just the growth in the Hispanic consumer.

It's impossible to say now it would give an advantage to any proposed candidate. But it's really for the benefit of Florida, to have a real voice in selecting the nominee. The only way to be heard is to speak up sooner.

I've got four horses in and it's just fingers crossed that they get there. Obviously Celestial Gold would be my key horse at this stage.

No matter where the senior lives she's always looking out for their best benefits. She's just a super person.

It's very hard to sell expensive food around here.

They basically want to be almost a third term for Jeb Bush. He's one of the most popular incumbent governors in the country. They don't want to rock the boat right now.

A perfect example is Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire of Washington state, whose disapproval level is at 54 percent, with only 38 percent approving of the job she is doing.

That's Bill Nelson's saving grace, because the focus is on Katherine Harris.

Evidence of this active cycle was demonstrated this year as the Atlantic Basin produced the equivalent of more than two entire hurricane seasons over the course of one.

In this basic comparison, 60 percent of likely Republican voters surveyed said that they preferred Candidate A, the Gallagher profile. Only 19 percent said that they preferred the Crist profile, and 21 percent remained undecided.

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In some ways I am looking forward to it and in some others I'm terrified.

Clearly the baby boomer demographics are driving the phenomena.

He's extremely vulnerable. Any time any incumbent is polling below 50 percent, that's a sign of trouble.

I definitely didn't want to sit out, but that was a sacrifice I felt I had to make.

I don't think there's as many bodies as we first thought.

I do think it?s a freight train that?s going to pick up steam. I don?t think it?s a fad.

I don't see how he can avoid one, if he wants to get this behind him and the president.

I don't want to see this end at this project. I am so excited about the enthusiasm of this group; I've seen a couple of scripts and my jaw has dropped. (This) is a group that came together with chaotic synergy.

I came out at halftime, looked around at all of the people who have supported us all season long in the gym tonight, and knew that we did not want it to end that way.

Her drive is what grabbed me. She's more than ambitious. She's relentless. She doesn't eat much. She doesn't sleep. You almost have to force her to stop working ... on a routine, or she's rehearsing songs, or just studying music.

The tropics are only going to get busier as we enter the peak of the season.

This is like putting a gun in your mouth. That just illustrates the powerful hold that nicotine has on people.